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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when Ben Starling has a kidney infection?

2. To whom does Q want to first say something about what he and Margo find?

3. What are Q and his friends considered in high school?

4. What does Margo say she will miss when she hugs Q?

5. Whose niece is mentioned in a note Q finds in Margo's room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the three boys find in Margo's room?

2. What is Margo's relationship to Q?

3. Who goes to see Ruthie and what does she let them do?

4. What do Margo and Q do at the SunTrust Building?

5. What does the prologue say about miracles?

6. Who is Robert Joyner and what do Margo and Q have to do with the man?

7. What happens when Q, Radar and Ben approach an abandoned building in their search for Margo?

8. What does Q do in class concerning the night with Margo and why does he wonder about her?

9. Why are things chaotic at school and what are a couple incidents that happen as a result?

10. What do Margo and Q do to Chuck Parson?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Margo hates everything normal about herself and feels no one around her is authentic. She seems to be a person fully alienated and critical of her society and her social group. She does not fit into any of the social groups even though she is admired by her peers.

1. What do you think a student should do if she/he doesn't fit into the crowd at school? Use examples from Paper Towns and your life to support your answer.

2. What do you think makes a student stick out from others? Use examples from Paper Towns and your life to support your answer.

3. Why do you think Margo feels different from her peers? Use examples from Paper Towns and your life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

There are a number of interesting questions raised by Paper Towns. Questions that Green most likely want readers to consider and think through carefully. Discuss the following:

1. What does the term "author agenda" mean?

2. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Green's agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Green's probable agenda concerning that idea.

2. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?

3. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?

4. Research the life of John Green and see if/where his life may have influenced his writing.

Essay Topic 3

Many novels, and perhaps a majority, of novels ends on a happy note. Discuss the following:

1. Why do you think many (most?) people want what they perceive as a happy or good ending to a novel? Explain your opinion. Do you? Why or why not?

2. What are three reasons to read fiction? Discuss each one in light of Paper Towns and whether or not it fulfills all three, two or one of the reasons you mention. Give examples as to why Paper Towns is or is not successful in fulfilling the reasons you discuss.

3. Do you think reading solely for entertainment is as good a reason to read as any other? Why or why not? Can any work of fiction or non-fiction, no matter how poorly written, enlighten, teach, stimulate thought? Why or why not?

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